“Time Machine for Windows” is what I’m sure Genie-Soft would love to call their backup software, Timeline (in both Home & Professional flavors) if it wasn’t for those pesky Apple lawyers or a huge royalty payout.  Genie-soft may not be able to, but after using this software for some clients running Windows, that’s basically what it is.  We’re very happy Windows users can now enjoy many of the benefits Mac users have enjoyed for years.

With so much of our personal and business data on our systems it’s no surprise that in the area of 45% of all systems lose unrecoverable data each year to some form of data loss.  That is a lot of vacation photos, financial documents and wedding videos.  Time Machine is focused toward the consumer and SoHo market and it’s been a HUGE asset to many Mac users having a super simple and automatic backup solution built-in as part of the Mac OS for nearly 3 years now (it has saved yours truly twice).  Just like Time Machine, Timeline is drop dead simple setup with nearly zero maintenance, it passes the test for even the most luddite of computer users.  Added to the local backup, they have the pending release of their online backup that makes this tool a true disaster recovery platform with offsite hosting of your backup.

For those of you Mac users with a Windows system still lingering around the home or office, I highly recommend Timeline as a very familiar cousin to what you already enjoy on your Mac.

Categories: Apple, Commentary, Disaster Planning & Recovery, Technology Advising
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